idh959 wrote:I've also been considering an underdog suit. Is there anyone in Sydney that stocks them for a preview?
I'm the Canberra rep for Underdog...
...because we focus on custom-fit suits over standard-size off-the-rack stuff, we don't do much direct contact with the accessory retailers. The way it usually works, you contact your local area rep (yours would be a bloke by the name of Ed Halvorson, his number can be found on the website), arrange to see him (he makes it easy by hanging out at the My White cafe up the Old Rd all weekend most weekends, I typically either visit potential customers at home, or they drop by my place at whatever time suits them), he'll show you the goods (being the biggest local-area distributor, he maintains a healthy range of samples), detail what happens from there, and he'll do so a couple of orders of magnitude better than a bikeshop casual with another five customers to service.
The biggest potential problem is what Tanya's going through. We operate on a cycle; orders get taken for a month, then they get sent off to be made as a batch, which takes a few weeks, then they get consigned to the vagaries of international freight-forwarding and customs inspections in the post-9/11 world, same as what happens if you order an out-of-stock piece of bling for the bike. If you come in right at the start of an order cycle, you could be up for a long wait if everything gets dragged out, but the opposite can also be the case. The longest I've had a customer wait for a suit was, like Tanya, just on three months, but I've also snuck people in just as a batch was closing, and, after evertyhing went off without a hitch in transit, they've had their suit within, literally, three weeks.
Anything else you want to know, just ask.
. You will get them eventually. I can't exactly remember how long it took to get my 2 piece suit but was longer than 8 weeks anyway.
got a pic 
